Are We Seeing the End of the ‘Good Arabs’ in Israel?
…become Israel in 1947). There were essentially two issues at play: (1) the Arab population and (2) Arab–owned land. The general rule was stated quite explicitly by Mordechai Sharner, the custodian of absentee property in those early years, when he said, “fewer Arabs on less land.” The Galilee Regional Committee established in 1954 stated as its two principle missions, “strengthening the regime and preventing the consolidation of the Arab minority….
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